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I recently started playing GTAV again and sometimes I’ll get in my car and let the radio stations play while I do house stuff. Favorite stations are the 80s one with Kenny Loggins, and West Coast Classics and Rock Radio.

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[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’ve been listening to the FTL soundtrack since high school!

[–] Dominic@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Into the Breach’s soundtrack is also outstanding, by the same composer for the same developer.

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[–] None_s@lemmy.fmhy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] fen@shork.online 3 points 1 year ago

I just break out into tears any time I hear the title menu theme.

[–] GeorgeCostanza@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly love the Doom soundtrack.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 4 points 1 year ago

Rip and tear until it is DONE.

Mick Gordon is amazing! I tweeted to him one time and he hearted my tweet. My friends and I played this soundtrack a ridiculous amount. Great pick.

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[–] Nipah@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • Bastion
  • Castlevania (series, special mention for Symphony of the Night)
  • Chrono Trigger/Cross
  • Dead Cells
  • Destiny 1/2
  • Dragon's Dogma (mainly Into Free, but still...)
  • Final Fantasy (series, but special mention for XI and XIV)
  • Persona 4/5
  • Portal 1/2
  • River City Girls (probably 2 as well, but still waiting on my LRG copy)
  • Scott Pilgrim vs the World (the game (the soundtrack))
  • Tony Hawk (series); a bit of a cop out, as they're all licensed songs
  • Zelda (series, special mention for the Cadence of Hyrule soundtrack)

And then just a lot of old nostalgia for NES games (Duck Tales, River City Ransom, TMNT, etc) and SNES/PS1 RPGs (Lufia, Super Mario RPG, Suikoden, Thousand Arms, etc)

But that main list contains the ones I either bought or downloaded because I loved the music so much.

[–] MadMenace@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Chrono Trigger soundtrack is a goddamn masterpiece. I haven't played it for years and the songs still randomly pop into my head.

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[–] mikewavebird@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago
[–] floga@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

There are games with amazing music that sets the perfect atmosphere — Celeste, Hades, Zelda (especially BotW/TotK).

And then there are games soundtracks I would also happily just put on to listen to — FFXIV, Persona 5, one particular song from Hades (Eurydice).

[–] Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

Fallout got me, a Metal Head, listening to 50s rock and lounge music.

[–] ReepusVanguard@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nier Automata and Nier Replicant, also Metal Gear Rising: Revengence. Id mention more but my other picks are probably already mentioned here.

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[–] MarioSpeedWagon@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Hollo knight. Especially the piano album

[–] mtizim@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just like the other commenter, the Outer Wilds main motif (travelers) makes me emotional because of how good the game was. Disco Elysium also has had an amazing soundtrack, with the main BGM faintly using sounds from the final song, which made it really cathartic for me.

Ultrakill deserves a lot of praise, especially for the P-2 music (https://youtu.be/MG5L-1pI8bI). It works perfectly for how intense the level is, and it's absolutely nuts that the game still manages to up the ante after you've perfected every single other level. I've listened to this type of music quite often before, but I've never felt it in my blood and muscles before playing that level.

When judged on the music alone though, Hotline Miami (1) and Furi have to take the cake. Both soundtracks are just iconic, and easily stand out on their own.

[–] Milan@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

You just mentioning the Outer Wilds' motif gave me goosebumps. That should tell you how well that game uses its music.

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[–] KaapeliTV@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Witcher 3 soundtrack. The exploration and combat wouldn't be the same without it.

[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago
  • Celeste
  • Dead Cells
  • Hollow Knight
[–] F4stL4ne@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines Deus Ex Hotline Miami Unreal Tournament Journey Cyberpunk 2077 The Witcher Jet Set Radio All the Silent Hill (even Downpour) Colony Wars

There is so many good ones....

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[–] boot@lemmy.loungerat.io 6 points 1 year ago

Hollow Knight

[–] Zo0@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

not to be a hater but GTAV Radio station songs are 'licensed music' not soundtracks, also you can just fire up spotify or youtube if you just wanna listen to them instead of running GTAV each time

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The benefit to the radio stations in game is that you get the silly commercials and commentary too. I like the whole package together. Sometimes I’ll drive around while just listening too, which is fun.

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[–] baguettesy@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

In no particular order:

Final Fantasy XIV and XVI (Soken is a genius)

Transistor

Nier Automata

Genshin Impact

Destiny 2

The World Ends With You

Persona 5

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1/2

Honestly though the FF series as a whole kinda deserves its own special mention. The games have always had stellar soundtracks.

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[–] chris@fedia.io 5 points 1 year ago
[–] supersonicstork@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Honestly I'm shocked and surprised the Risk of Rain soundtrack hasn't come up. Both 1 and 2 are bangers. Chris Christodoulou (the lead composer) has a yt breaking down the soundtrack.

Stellaris' ost is also up there for memorable leitmotifs and just plain understanding the assignment.

I also quite like redout 1 and 2's soundtrack.

[–] gnzl@nc.gnzl.cl 5 points 1 year ago

Final Fantasy VII and Chrono Cross are my absolute all time favorites. Ori and the Blind Forest is a more recent soundtrack that blew me away. The soundtrack for the Motorhead racing game is also a classic for me.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

RimWorld has enough music to not feel repetitive over so many hours!

(and the youtube comments are full of stories about the colonies that people are reminded of by hearing the music again)

[–] Skiptrace@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

I'm definitely going to have to say that Persona 5 Royal has one of the best Soundtracks of Gaming in general.

[–] jimmy@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

Risk of Rain 2 with Celeste being a close second!

[–] lukini@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Fez

Disasterpiece is amazing. Also did the soundtrack for It Follows.

[–] Lemmyatem@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Monkey island and grim fandango

[–] vatra@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having finally finished Horizon Forbidden West last night, I've got to choose that. Instant favourite for me. Nostalgic moments when the theme kicked in in one of its altered versions, and the credits just completely floored me. Stuck around for the whole 30+ mins. Wonderful.

Away from that, Mass Effect always needs a mention!

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[–] MoistHoagie@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago
  • Hotline Miami
  • Katamari Damacy
  • Vice City
  • Bastion
[–] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Myth II: Soulblighter had some beautiful mournful music (also one of the few games available for Mac OS 9)

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[–] ystael@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised not to see any of the Monster Hunter games yet! Maybe that's because most MH soundtracks are more a collection of individual themes than a unified soundtrack for a world, but a lot of those tracks are pretty great.

I don't know whether it is considered polite to link to youtube recordings of tracks here. My particular favorites from World are all zone themes: "Rulers of the Wildspire", "Dancer in the Coral Highlands", "Roars across the Hinterlands". You hear these tunes a lot - whenever you're fighting something in that zone that doesn't have its own theme - so they'd better be good. Fortunately almost all of them live up to that standard!

[–] willia4@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Final Fantasy 7 has been the long-standing winner here, but Persona 5 has recently started to gain an edge.

I also recently started listening to some of the Trails soundtracks and they are all fire.

I'm very quickly about to stop having "a favorite" and start having a collection of faves. Which is a pretty great place to be.

[–] aedyr@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Journey, and more recently Tunic, both had soundtracks that complemented their gameplay really well.

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[–] CatBusBand@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any FromSoftware game soundtrack. Personally like Orphan of Kos.

[–] bijuice@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

The Bloodborne soundtrack is phenomenal but my absolute favorite track is the Abyss Watchers theme. It just makes me feel some typpa way.

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[–] eldrichhydralisk@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour remain top-tier for me. The music was half the experience, turn it up and just enjoy that creepy vibe while solving puzzles. And they're all on The Fat Man's Bandcamp now!

Also, there's an industrial rock cover album on vinyl currently looking for funding on Kickstarter. I'm super excited!

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[–] eladnarra@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Quite a few folks have mentioned Outer Wilds, so I'll add the DLC soundtrack. The titular song (Echoes of the Eye) that plays at the end of the DLC makes me burst into tears every time I hear it. But in a good way, haha.

[–] Overspark@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

Hyper Light Drifter really deserves a mention too!

[–] oomphaloompha@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Silent Hill 1,2 & 3 (and not just the OST's, in-game background music as well);

Castlevania: Symphony of the night,

Alundra,

Faxanadu,

practically any Zelda,

Castlevania 1, 2 & 3

[–] JaxiiRuff@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

I love game OST so it really depends on my mood. For now the vibe is Planet Coaster.

[–] dawnerd@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Planet coaster. Released on streaming, it’s just so relaxing.

[–] mana@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
  • Nier (both games)
  • World Ends With You
  • Jet Set Radio
  • Splatoon
  • Chrono Trigger
[–] GhostMagician@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Chrono Trigger is an absolute classic. I'll listen to the full soundtrack often. When playing other games actually.

[–] tulwinn@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

For my second place Flubber Mountain from Mario RPG is a banger! https://youtu.be/FaAc87l3o3o

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